Gareth Gates Needs Free Time To Fix Stutter Problem

Before going on Pop Idol, Gareth Gates went on a four-day McGuire stammer-curing course and by the end was able to talk to strangers in the street, and ring up hotels. But since then, he’s had no time to practice, so now he is back to where he started. But at least he knows there is a technique that does work and he will go back on the course when he has time. “My speech is really important to me, but the thing is at the moment it can’t be more important than my singing,” Gates tells Lynn Barber of The Observer. “Until I’m an established name all over the world, my speech won’t be more important than my music. But maybe there’ll come a time when I’ll say, ‘Right, now I can stop and concentrate on my speech.’ Or maybe I’ll be like my father and just grow out of it.” Read more.